Generic fault codes
9415 Generic OBD-II fault codes: what each one means, and how to track it down.
How to read a code
- P
- SystemPowertrain
- 0
- Defined bySAE, the same on every car
- 4
- AreaAuxiliary emission controls
- 20
- FaultThe specific fault in that area
Read the code
Note every stored and pending code your scanner shows, such as P0420.
Find it
Search by code or by words. For a manufacturer code (P1, B1, C1, U1) pick your make: its meaning differs by make.
Open the code
Its page explains the symptoms, likely causes, the checks to run and the fixes.
- P0265Generic · PowertrainCylinder 2 Injector A Circuit High
- P0266Generic · PowertrainCylinder 2 Contribution/Balance
- P0267Generic · PowertrainCylinder 3 Injector A Circuit Low
- P0268Generic · PowertrainCylinder 3 Injector A Circuit High
- P0269Generic · PowertrainCylinder 3 Contribution/Balance
- P026AGeneric · PowertrainCharge Air Cooler Efficiency Below Threshold
- P026BGeneric · PowertrainInjection Timing Performance
- P026CGeneric · PowertrainFuel Injection Quantity A Lower Than Expected
- P026DGeneric · PowertrainFuel Injection Quantity A Higher Than Expected
- P026EGeneric · PowertrainCharge Air Cooler Coolant Pump A Performance
- P026FGeneric · PowertrainCoolant Thermostat Performance
- P0270Generic · PowertrainCylinder 4 Injector A Circuit Low
- P0271Generic · PowertrainCylinder 4 Injector A Circuit High
- P0272Generic · PowertrainCylinder 4 Contribution/Balance
- P0273Generic · PowertrainCylinder 5 Injector A Circuit Low
- P0274Generic · PowertrainCylinder 5 Injector A Circuit High
- P0275Generic · PowertrainCylinder 5 Contribution/Balance
- P0276Generic · PowertrainCylinder 6 Injector A Circuit Low
- P0277Generic · PowertrainCylinder 6 Injector A Circuit High
- P0278Generic · PowertrainCylinder 6 Contribution/Balance
- P0279Generic · PowertrainCylinder 7 Injector A Circuit Low
- P027AGeneric · PowertrainFuel Pump Module B Control Circuit/Open
- P027BGeneric · PowertrainFuel Pump Module B Control Circuit Range/Performance
- P027CGeneric · PowertrainFuel Pump Module B Control Circuit Low
- P027DGeneric · PowertrainFuel Pump Module B Control Circuit High
- P027EGeneric · PowertrainCold Start Fuel Injection Quantity A Lower Than Expected
- P027FGeneric · PowertrainCold Start Fuel Injection Quantity A Higher Than Expected
- P0280Generic · PowertrainCylinder 7 Injector A Circuit High
- P0281Generic · PowertrainCylinder 7 Contribution/Balance
- P0282Generic · PowertrainCylinder 8 Injector A Circuit Low
